PT-2013-2017 · Elgg · Elgg

Published 2013-05-23 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-6563

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elgg versions prior to 1.8.5

Description The issue arises from improper clearing of cached access lists during plugin boot in the engine/lib/access.php file. This allows remote attackers to read private entities via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.5, update to version 1.8.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6563

Affected Products

Elgg

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6563 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49129 · Vendor Advisory
• http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released · Vendor Advisory
• http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75757 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53623 · Note